VEA awards 4 students with scholarships

Valley Electric Association, Inc. helped out a few hardworking high school seniors with financial help for the next step in their educational lives.

GREAT Games are back — saved again

The games are back. Each year for the last 18 years GREAT Games have entertained the youth of the valley. GREAT stands for Gang Resistance Education and Training.

Q&A with Trojans athletic director on fundraising

Small schools in Nye County have a hard time raising money for the athletic department and Pahrump Valley High School is no different than any other school in Nye County, despite being the largest high school in the district. The PVT asked Trojans Athletic Director Ed Kirkwood about the difficulties of raising money for athletics in Pahrump and the direction the athletic department is headed.

Fluids, tires and preparation are key to summer driving

While much attention is focused on the care and safety of humans during the brutal summer heat in southern Nevada, the family vehicle tends to be an afterthought.

Dog owner reaches plea agreement in brutal mauling

The man whose dogs mauled an elderly Pahrump man in March who later died reached a guilty plea agreement on Monday avoiding a trial.

Sports Corner, June 10

Basketball camp: Still can join. Basketball camp at the high school runs June 22-25 from 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. The camp is organized by Coach Gil Llewellyn and staff.

Deceased man received food and water while incarcerated

Jozsef Rasi, the man found dead behind the Pahrump Nugget on June 15, was held by police for nearly 33 hours with easy access to water and food after being arrested for a DUI.

COMMUNITY VIEWPOINT: Stop blaming our commissioners for problems in Pahrump

I continue to hear complaints about the way the Nye County Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) are handling the “management” and “operations” within the Town of Pahrump. I will say in this “Open Letter” exactly what I tell the people who complain to me on a continual basis: “STOP BLAMING THE COMMISSIONERS.”

Crime Corner, June 24

Beatty man jailed for domestic battery

Shoddy speakers damage the language

Recently I was reading an article in the Reno Gazette Journal written by a University of Nevada, Reno business college staffer named Kylie Howe. It began, “I recently had the pleasure of touring Salman Ahmad through the entrepreneurship ecosystem in our very own Biggest Little City.”

Beatty grand opening of first bike trails May 2

BEATTY- The town will celebrate the opening of the first seven miles of completed mountain biking trails in true town fashion with a Beer and Taco Mountain Bike Festival on May 2.

Senior citizen points gun at neighbor, fights with deputies

A local man quickly learned how not to react when two Nye County Sheriff’s Deputies show up on his property to investigate a crime, even if there are no trespassing signs posted.

School Menu

Nye County School District elementary menu for the week of April 27 – May 1

Letters to the Editor

Earth Day should be every day in our community

Attendance, academics improving at Floyd Elementary

Despite its poor rating designation, students and faculty at Floyd Elementary are making good progress, according to interim Principal Sam Simatos.

Memory of fallen officer to be honored on anniversary

The fifth anniversary of Nye County Sheriff’s Deputy Ian Deutch’s death in the line of duty will be marked Sunday at the park that now bears his name.

Annual Rural Roundup focuses on foreign tourists

Carson Valley, near the small town of Minden in northern Nevada, was the venue for the 2015 Rural Roundup this month.

Wild West organizers in final preparation for May 1-3

The Pahrump Wild West Extravaganza and Bluegrass Festival has come a long way since its inception more than 13 years ago when the inaugural event was known as the “Hoedown.”

Great Basin faculty asks for pleas to legislators

To the good citizens of Elko, Humboldt, Lander, Pershing, White Pine, Eureka, Nye, Mineral, Esmeralda and Lincoln counties:

Beatty track girls take second at the Meadows

The Beatty track team was at the Meadows Weekday in Las Vegas on Tuesday where they competed with Division III and Division IV schools. Eight schools competed on the boys side and seven on the girls side.

Trojans brave wind in track season’s last home meet

The gusty winds hampered starts, threw off jumpers and postponed pole vault at the Pahrump track meet. The high school hosted three other team: Boulder City, Sierra Vista, and Del Sol.

Trojans strike out 10 times to lose the game

It came down to hitting for the Trojans baseball team. Something that Trojans skipper Brian Hayes has said his team has not been doing.

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